/'bærəks; `bærəks/
n
1 [sing or pl v] large building or group of buildings for soldiers to live in 兵营; 营房
*As punishment, the men were confined to barracks. 士兵受罚, 不准离开营房.
* There used to be a barracks in this town. 这个城里过去曾设有兵营.
2 [sing v] (fig infml 比喻, 口) any large ugly building 不雅观的大建筑物
*Their house was a great barracks of a place. 他们住的是个简陋的大房子.

n [plural]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French;Origin: baraque 'small building', from Catalan barraca]
a building or group of buildings in which soldiers live